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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Kings 19:16

Turn your ear, Adonai , and hear! Open your eyes, Adonai , and see! Hear the words that Sancheriv sent to taunt the living God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Prayer;   Religion;   Thompson Chain Reference - Sennacherib;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Affliction, Prayer under;   Assyria;   Jerusalem;   Reviling and Reproaching;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arpad;   Isaiah;   War;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ear;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Reproach;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Philistines;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Living (2);   Persecution;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;   Tirhakah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ear;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Omnipotence;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see. Hear the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.
Hebrew Names Version
Incline your ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sancheriv, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.
King James Version
Lord , bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord , thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
English Standard Version
Incline your ear, O Lord , and hear; open your eyes, O Lord , and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
New Century Version
Hear, Lord , and listen. Open your eyes, Lord , and see. Listen to the words Sennacherib has said to insult the living God.
New English Translation
Pay attention, Lord , and hear! Open your eyes, Lord , and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!
Amplified Bible
"O LORD, bend down Your ear and hear; LORD, open Your eyes and see; hear the [taunting] words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.
New American Standard Bible
"Incline Your ear, LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, LORD, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt the living God.
World English Bible
Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Lord, bow downe thine eare, and heare: Lorde open thine eyes and behold, and heare the wordes of Saneherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.
Legacy Standard Bible
Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and hear; open Your eyes, O Yahweh, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to reproach the living God.
Berean Standard Bible
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
Contemporary English Version
But just look how Sennacherib has insulted you, the living God.
Darby Translation
Incline thine ear, Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , please listen to me. Lord , open your eyes and look at this message. Hear the words that Sennacherib sent to insult the living God.
George Lamsa Translation
O LORD, incline thine ear and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent messages to reproach the living God.
Good News Translation
Now, Lord , look at what is happening to us. Listen to all the things that Sennacherib is saying to insult you, the living God.
Lexham English Bible
Incline your ears and hear; open, O Yahweh, your eyes and see and hear the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to insult the living God.
Literal Translation
O Jehovah, incline Your ear and hear; O Jehovah, open Your eyes and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib with which he has sent him to reproach the living God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Enclyne thine eare O LORDE, and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde, and heare the wordes of Sennacherib, which hath sent hither to blaspheme the lyuynge God.
American Standard Version
Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.
Bible in Basic English
Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Lorde bowe downe thyne eare, and heare: Open Lorde thyne eyes, [I besech thee,] and see: and heare the wordes of Sennacherib whiche hath sent [this man] to rayle on the lyuing God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to taunt the living God.
King James Version (1611)
Lord, bow downe thine eare, and heare: open, Lord, thine eyes; and see: and heare the words of Sennacherib which hath sent him to reproch the liuing God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
English Revised Version
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to reproach the living God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bowe thin eere, and here; opyn thin iyen, Lord, and se; and here alle the wordis of Senacherib, which sente, that he schulde dispise `to vs `God lyuynge.
Update Bible Version
Incline your ear, O Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, O Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.
Webster's Bible Translation
LORD, bow down thy ear, and hear: open, LORD, thy eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God.
New King James Version
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
New Living Translation
Bend down, O Lord , and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord , and see! Listen to Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.
New Life Bible
Turn Your ear, O Lord, and hear. Open Your eyes, O Lord, and see. Listen to the words Sennacherib has spoken against the living God.
New Revised Standard
Incline your ear, O Lord , and hear; open your eyes, O Lord , and see; hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear, and hear, Open, O Yahweh, thine eyes, and see, - yea hear thou the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent - To reproach a Living God!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living God.
Revised Standard Version
Incline thy ear, O LORD, and hear; open thy eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennach'erib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
Young's Literal Translation
Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes, and see; and hear Thou the words of Sennacherib with which he hath sent him to reproach the living God.
THE MESSAGE
Open your ears, God , and listen, open your eyes and look. Look at this letter Sennacherib has sent, a brazen insult to the living God!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

Contextual Overview

8 Rav-Shakeh returned and, having heard that the king of Ashur had left Lakhish, found him making war with Livnah. 9 Then, on hearing it said that Tirhakah king of Ethiopia was on his way to fight him, the king of Ashur sent messengers to Hizkiyahu, telling them, 10 "This is what you are to say to Hizkiyahu king of Y'hudah: ‘Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, "Yerushalayim will not be handed over to the power of the king of Ashur." 11 You have heard what the kings of Ashur have done to all lands — they have completely destroyed them. So how will you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them? No, my ancestors destroyed them — Gozan, Haran, Retzef and the people of ‘Eden who were in Tel'asar. 13 Where is the king of Hamat? the king of Arpad? the king of the city of S'farvayim, of Hena and ‘Ivah?'" 14 Hizkiyahu took the letter from the messengers' hands and read it. Then Hizkiyahu went up to the house of Adonai and spread it out before Adonai . 15 Hizkiyahu prayed as follows in the presence of Adonai : " Adonai God of Isra'el, who dwells above the k'ruvim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms on earth. You made heaven and earth. 16 Turn your ear, Adonai , and hear! Open your eyes, Adonai , and see! Hear the words that Sancheriv sent to taunt the living God. 17 It is true, Adonai , that the kings of Ashur have laid waste the nations and their lands

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bow down: Psalms 31:2, Isaiah 37:17

open: 1 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 6:40, Daniel 9:18

which hath sent: 2 Kings 19:4, Psalms 79:12, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:17, Hebrews 11:26

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:20 - thine eyes Isaiah 16:12 - but Jeremiah 18:19 - hearken Acts 14:15 - the living Hebrews 9:14 - the living

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
But before they could go to bed, the men of the city surrounded the house — young and old, everyone from every neighborhood of S'dom.
Genesis 19:5
They called Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us! We want to have sex with them!"
Genesis 19:8
Look here, I have two daughters who are virgins. Please, let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them what seems good to you; but don't do anything to these men, since they are guests in my house."
Genesis 19:10
But the men inside reached out their hands, brought Lot into the house to them and shut the door.
Genesis 19:15
When morning came, the angels told Lot to hurry. "Get up," they said, "and take your wife and your two daughters who are here; otherwise you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."
Genesis 19:16
But he dallied, so the men took hold of his hand, his wife's hand and the hands of his two daughters — Adonai was being merciful to him — and led them, leaving them outside the city.
Genesis 19:18
Lot said to them, "Please, no, my lord!
Genesis 19:19
Here, your servant has already found favor in your sight, and you have shown me even greater mercy by saving my life. But I can't escape to the hills, because I'm afraid the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Genesis 19:35
They plied their father with wine that night also, and the younger one got up and slept with him, and he didn't know when she lay down or when she got up.
Genesis 19:36
Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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